In Language Arts, we did similes. A simile is a sentence using like or as to compare two unlike things. Our opening sentence is a simile. We also blogged this week for the first time! We wrote about why our summer was great and about a special gift. Go to our Kid Blog link to read what we have written. We learned more about sentence fluency. We are getting really good at joining sentences with conjunctions, and with using interjections. We read the tall tales Davy Crockett and Pecos Bill. We wrote inference riddles.
In Math, we learned how to do expanded, expanded notation. We learned how to multiply and divide decimals by powers of 10. We got on StudyIsland math for the first time even though we then had network issues. Things are worked now, so we can try again. We learned how to multiply and divide whole numbers by multiples of 10.
In Science, we learned about qualitative and quantitative observations. A quantitative observation is one that has numbers in it like weight, width, height, length, and circumference. A qualitative observation is one that uses your five senses. To learn about qualitative and quantitative observations, we worked with Twizzlers and gumdrops. For the Twizzlers, we used our five senses and we measured them. We also learned about ductability--that means how flexible and stretchable something is. We also made a hypothesis about the buoyancy of Twizzlers--that means how well they float. In addition, we also made a hypothesis about whether the Twizzler would dissolve or stay solid if we heated it. We made physical observations of both the gumdrops and the Twizzlers. With the gumdrops we used our five senses and looked at them, smelled them, and tasted them.
We took the reading NWEA this week. The beginning goal for 5th grade is 207. Most of us are there. Some of us are way beyond there. We will have to work hard to show growth this year.
As you can see, we were very busy this week. That’s why this week went as quick as a flash.
September 19-23, 2011
This week was “peachy”. We finished listening to the book James and the Giant Peach, and we are going to watch the movie this afternoon.
This week in Math we worked on decimals. We learned about adding and subtracting decimals. When you are subtracting decimals, you might need to put in a magic zero. You need to put in a magic zero if you are subtracting 36.7 – 13.49. We also learned to round decimals to the nearest tenths, hundredths, and thousandths place. Besides rounding decimals, we also learned to round larger numbers, like millions.
In Language Arts, we read the Tall Tales “Stormalong” and “John Henry”. This week we also got out our laptops for the first time and went to StudyIsland. We did the Reading pre-test, and we also went to supporting statements and took the quiz on that. We learned about inferences this week. An inference is when you have to use clues from the story to decide what a character is like, or what is going on. We also learned about interjections. An interjection is a word like “Hey!” or “Ouch!” or “Wow!” An interjection is usually followed by an exclamation point. We also learned about blogging. Unfortunately, we had problems because we don’t have the most current version of Internet Explorer. Mrs. Tomlin is trying to fix this problem.
In Science this week, we have been learning about the Scientific Method. In the Scientific Method, you start out with a problem. Then you ask a question about that problem. After that you form a hypothesis. An hypothesis is an educated guess, and should be written in an IF-Then statement. Once you have a hypothesis, you form an experiment. Before you do your experiment, you need to gather your materials. During the experiment, you should observe and collect data. After the experiment, we analyze the data, and draw a conclusion. Then we should tell other people about our results by publishing them. We learned about Newton’s Law of Gravity. We learned that every object has the same pull of gravity except for objects that are affected by air resistance. We also learned about the scientists James Maxwell, Emil Fischer, and Edwin Hubble.
Two people from TLC also came and talked about opening a mini bank here. The fifth graders will be able to work there, but they have to fill out a job application. The fifth graders that are chosen to have jobs will get to have a party at the end of the year. Everybody gets to put money into their account and save up. You can start with just $.25.
This week was spectacular!
September 12-16, 2011
This week was picture perfect!
This week we got our pictures taken for yearbook. All of us looked very handsome or pretty. We all smiled our best smile.
In Social Studies, we worked on landforms and waterways this week. We made our own dictionary about landforms and waterways. Some examples of landforms are capes, peninsulas, mountain ranges, valleys, plains, mountains, and islands. Examples of waterways are bays, mouths, tributaries, deltas, gulfs, lakes, oceans, rivers, seas, and sources. We also learned about where different important landforms and waterways are in the United States. We learned about the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra NevadaMountains, the Appalachian Mountains, the Great Plains, the Gulf Coastal Plain, the Mississippi River, the Rio GrandeRiver, the Great Lakes, the Missouri River, the Gulf of Mexico, the Ohio River, the St. Lawrence River, the Colorado River, and the Columbia River.
In Math, we did place value. We learned about the thousandths place in decimals. We learned how to read decimals passed the hundredths place. We learned how to compare and order decimal numbers. We learned how to expand thousandths. We learned how many tens, hundreds, and thousands are in different numbers. We are still working on our multiplication and division facts. Some of us are a little rusty after three months off.
In Language Arts, we have been working on how to fix run-on sentences and fix compound sentences. We have learned how to join sentences together with conjunctions. The most popular conjunctions are and, but and or. Most of the time, conjunctions are in the middle of the sentence. When they are there, some of them need a comma. Sometimes, conjunctions come at the beginning of the sentence. When that happens we put a comma in between the two sentences we are joining. We continued reading tall tales. We have been finding exaggerations in the tall tales. We have also learned about hyperbole, which is a type of exaggeration.
This week was a breeze!
September 6-9, 2011
This week was great!
In Math this week we learned about place value. We learned about the billions place! The billions place has lots of zeros in it! We also learned about millions. We learned about expanded and standard forms of writing numbers. We learned how to increase and decrease numbers.
In Language Arts we learned about run-on sentences. A run-on sentence is when the sentence goes on and on without any periods. It has more than one idea in it. Sometimes run-on sentences have an and in the place where a period should go. We also made a puzzle piece of our favorite things. When we put them together, they made a giant five. We started to learn about tall tales. A tall tale is where they exaggerate. An exaggeration is when you over tell the truth like when you say you shot a bow and arrow a thousand miles. We learned our first spelling words which are called Big Words this year. They are brighten, brightest, brightness, magnetic, and demagnetize. We also did an activity called Two Truths and One Lie. You had to tell three facts about yourself. Two had to be truths and the other one a lie. We tried to guess which one was a lie. We did this to get to know each other better.
In Social Studies, we studied the globe. We did a Geography Challenge. We talked about latitude and longitude. We did an assignment where we had to find latitude and longitude. We also learned about the continents and the oceans. There are seven continents. They are Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Antarctica. There are four oceans--the Indian, Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Ocean.
This week went by as fast as a cheetah!
In Language Arts, we did similes. A simile is a sentence using like or as to compare two unlike things. Our opening sentence is a simile. We also blogged this week for the first time! We wrote about why our summer was great and about a special gift. Go to our Kid Blog link to read what we have written. We learned more about sentence fluency. We are getting really good at joining sentences with conjunctions, and with using interjections. We read the tall tales Davy Crockett and Pecos Bill. We wrote inference riddles.
In Math, we learned how to do expanded, expanded notation. We learned how to multiply and divide decimals by powers of 10. We got on StudyIsland math for the first time even though we then had network issues. Things are worked now, so we can try again. We learned how to multiply and divide whole numbers by multiples of 10.
In Science, we learned about qualitative and quantitative observations. A quantitative observation is one that has numbers in it like weight, width, height, length, and circumference. A qualitative observation is one that uses your five senses. To learn about qualitative and quantitative observations, we worked with Twizzlers and gumdrops. For the Twizzlers, we used our five senses and we measured them. We also learned about ductability--that means how flexible and stretchable something is. We also made a hypothesis about the buoyancy of Twizzlers--that means how well they float. In addition, we also made a hypothesis about whether the Twizzler would dissolve or stay solid if we heated it. We made physical observations of both the gumdrops and the Twizzlers. With the gumdrops we used our five senses and looked at them, smelled them, and tasted them.
We took the reading NWEA this week. The beginning goal for 5th grade is 207. Most of us are there. Some of us are way beyond there. We will have to work hard to show growth this year.
As you can see, we were very busy this week. That’s why this week went as quick as a flash.
September 19-23, 2011
This week was “peachy”. We finished listening to the book James and the Giant Peach, and we are going to watch the movie this afternoon.
This week in Math we worked on decimals. We learned about adding and subtracting decimals. When you are subtracting decimals, you might need to put in a magic zero. You need to put in a magic zero if you are subtracting 36.7 – 13.49. We also learned to round decimals to the nearest tenths, hundredths, and thousandths place. Besides rounding decimals, we also learned to round larger numbers, like millions.
In Language Arts, we read the Tall Tales “Stormalong” and “John Henry”. This week we also got out our laptops for the first time and went to StudyIsland. We did the Reading pre-test, and we also went to supporting statements and took the quiz on that. We learned about inferences this week. An inference is when you have to use clues from the story to decide what a character is like, or what is going on. We also learned about interjections. An interjection is a word like “Hey!” or “Ouch!” or “Wow!” An interjection is usually followed by an exclamation point. We also learned about blogging. Unfortunately, we had problems because we don’t have the most current version of Internet Explorer. Mrs. Tomlin is trying to fix this problem.
In Science this week, we have been learning about the Scientific Method. In the Scientific Method, you start out with a problem. Then you ask a question about that problem. After that you form a hypothesis. An hypothesis is an educated guess, and should be written in an IF-Then statement. Once you have a hypothesis, you form an experiment. Before you do your experiment, you need to gather your materials. During the experiment, you should observe and collect data. After the experiment, we analyze the data, and draw a conclusion. Then we should tell other people about our results by publishing them. We learned about Newton’s Law of Gravity. We learned that every object has the same pull of gravity except for objects that are affected by air resistance. We also learned about the scientists James Maxwell, Emil Fischer, and Edwin Hubble.
Two people from TLC also came and talked about opening a mini bank here. The fifth graders will be able to work there, but they have to fill out a job application. The fifth graders that are chosen to have jobs will get to have a party at the end of the year. Everybody gets to put money into their account and save up. You can start with just $.25.
This week was spectacular!
September 12-16, 2011
This week was picture perfect!
This week we got our pictures taken for yearbook. All of us looked very handsome or pretty. We all smiled our best smile.
In Social Studies, we worked on landforms and waterways this week. We made our own dictionary about landforms and waterways. Some examples of landforms are capes, peninsulas, mountain ranges, valleys, plains, mountains, and islands. Examples of waterways are bays, mouths, tributaries, deltas, gulfs, lakes, oceans, rivers, seas, and sources. We also learned about where different important landforms and waterways are in the United States. We learned about the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra NevadaMountains, the Appalachian Mountains, the Great Plains, the Gulf Coastal Plain, the Mississippi River, the Rio GrandeRiver, the Great Lakes, the Missouri River, the Gulf of Mexico, the Ohio River, the St. Lawrence River, the Colorado River, and the Columbia River.
In Math, we did place value. We learned about the thousandths place in decimals. We learned how to read decimals passed the hundredths place. We learned how to compare and order decimal numbers. We learned how to expand thousandths. We learned how many tens, hundreds, and thousands are in different numbers. We are still working on our multiplication and division facts. Some of us are a little rusty after three months off.
In Language Arts, we have been working on how to fix run-on sentences and fix compound sentences. We have learned how to join sentences together with conjunctions. The most popular conjunctions are and, but and or. Most of the time, conjunctions are in the middle of the sentence. When they are there, some of them need a comma. Sometimes, conjunctions come at the beginning of the sentence. When that happens we put a comma in between the two sentences we are joining. We continued reading tall tales. We have been finding exaggerations in the tall tales. We have also learned about hyperbole, which is a type of exaggeration.
This week was a breeze!
September 6-9, 2011
This week was great!
In Math this week we learned about place value. We learned about the billions place! The billions place has lots of zeros in it! We also learned about millions. We learned about expanded and standard forms of writing numbers. We learned how to increase and decrease numbers.
In Language Arts we learned about run-on sentences. A run-on sentence is when the sentence goes on and on without any periods. It has more than one idea in it. Sometimes run-on sentences have an and in the place where a period should go. We also made a puzzle piece of our favorite things. When we put them together, they made a giant five. We started to learn about tall tales. A tall tale is where they exaggerate. An exaggeration is when you over tell the truth like when you say you shot a bow and arrow a thousand miles. We learned our first spelling words which are called Big Words this year. They are brighten, brightest, brightness, magnetic, and demagnetize. We also did an activity called Two Truths and One Lie. You had to tell three facts about yourself. Two had to be truths and the other one a lie. We tried to guess which one was a lie. We did this to get to know each other better.
In Social Studies, we studied the globe. We did a Geography Challenge. We talked about latitude and longitude. We did an assignment where we had to find latitude and longitude. We also learned about the continents and the oceans. There are seven continents. They are Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Antarctica. There are four oceans--the Indian, Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic Ocean.
This week was awesome again!